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v Patented May I, 1900. I. SACHS.

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Application illed May 31.1899. Serial No. 718,901. (No modell To allwhom, it 11i/(ty concern:

Be it known thai-1, IASADORE" Serene, a citizen of the United States',residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia,have invented new and useful Overalls, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to overalls; and the intention and purpose of thespecial construction involved is to render apparel of this class moredurable bythe addition of strengthening attachments andreinforcing-strips at points usually weakened by strain exerted indifferent directions and incident to constant use, and thereby obviatetearing or loosening by pulling tension and breakdowns or rips, and inconsequence materially increase the general wearing qualities of sucharticles.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of partshereinatermore fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of aportion ofa pair of overalls embodying the features of the invention.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the overalls shown by Fig. l, illustratingthe parts as spread open and looking into the interior of the same. Fig.3 is a bottom plan view showing the crotch arrangement of the overalls.Fig. l is a transverse vertical section through the central portion ofthe crotch, as shown by Fig. Fig. 5 is a section on the line a' of Fig.It.

Similarnumerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral l designates overalls which are preferably made up frommaterial ordinai-ily employed for the purpose and embodying in allrespects, except in the particular instances hereinafter noted, theordinary features of overall construction.

The all-important feature of the present invention, is the continuouscrotch reinforce clearly shown by Fig. 3 and insertedor interposedbetween the upper portions of the legs of the overalls, meeting at thecrotch; The continuous crotch-reinforce 6 is of itself a very stronginode of Overcoming a disadvan- ,tage which ensues in the ordinaryconnecting-seam construction of the old form of overalls. In thisinstance, however, the said crotch-reinforce is'further stayed orstrengthcned by anims-ide stay-stripI 7, which crosses. the'cer'itraltransverse portion of the same and contin nes n pward through the backpart of the overalls and also forward to a point close under the lowertermination of the ily, as shown in dotted lines by Fig. l. Thestay-strip 7 crosses the crotch-reinforce G at a point where the latteris apt to have the greatest strain applied, and tearing asu nder bylateral pull is completely avoided at this point. The staystrip '7`materially adds' to the strength of the central back seam of theoveralls and reinforces the same against sidewise pulls or tension, and,furthermore, by extending beyond the crotch-reinforce in a transversedirection a greater brace is given to the said stay-strip.

The mode of connecting -the edges of the crotchereinforce G to theadjacent edges of the everails at oppesitefsidesisclearly shown inVA iFig. 4, the said edges being interlocked or overfolded, and lines ofstitches 4run through the parts thus connected;

In Fig. 5 the exact position of the stay-strip 7 over the central seamof the parts of the overalls in advance or rear of the reinforce 6 isshown, and it will be noticed that the said stay-strip is connected tothe said parts of the i overalls on opposite sides of the mainattaching-seam, thereby relieving said seam from the full eiect oflateral strain.

From the foregoing it will beseen that the overalls are reinforced andstrengthened at that point where strain in various directions would be'liable to produce a breaking away of the stitching or tearing' of thematerial of which the overalls are composed or made up. The wearer ofthe improved overalls is af,- forded considerably more latitude ofmovement than is accordedby the old form of overalls, and byfthuscompensating for all contingencies the wearing qualities of the presentforni of overalls is greatly increased, and the life of the sameaccordingly extended.

Changes in the proportions,dimensions,and minor details of constructionmight be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the inventionor sacrificing any of the advantages incident thereto.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-'- A pairof overallsl comprising in its organi'- ration a scat and legsrespectively having the nsnal central sealr'n and inside seams, aninelaste oroteh-pieoe :formed of a single strip having the longest axisin line with the in- .side seams of the legs, the front edge being.snbstailtially-straight and approximately in line; tle Said insideVseams and the rear edge ,-emfifedfl :1md-l 'extending over the underfront oonnesf 'offthes'eam both frontend rear edges I ofathetwielSorotoli-peees being turned over cured thereto at opposite edgesand extending'rearwardly and upwardly completely over the centralseat-seam and forwardly and npwardly adjacent the lowerterminal ofthe-fly 'to strengthen the overalls against stretching strain in derentdirections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in',

the presence of two Witnesses.

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v Witnesses: f

J. Ross CoLHoUN, t THEODORE DAL'roNt

